What is a change of venue?

If you don’t feel you would get a fair trial in a particular county, and it has less than 75,000 inhabitants, you can request a change of venue by right. The judge will be required to grant the change of venue and your trial will be moved to a different county. The reason for a change of venue is typically because you plan on a jury trial and you want to pick the best county to draw a jury from for your case.

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